18 June, 2010

So, it's been a while since I've posted on here, I guess you could say I temporarily fell off the 'blogging bandwagon'. Well that break is over. I'd like to take a moment to introduce you to the newest member of our family! YES you read right...we pushed a baby out. :-)

Anuhea Grace Kehaulani Salzer4.14.109:15am8lbs 5.2oz20 inches

Sorry for the literally-just-came-out baby photo! Lollers. I just loved this moment of meeting Anuhea and finally seeing her little face. It seems like months ago when this took place! I love to look at it now and again to remember what a special day it was for us.

We named her Anuhea because it means Sweet Fragrance or Cool Mountain Breeze. We like to think her life is a sweet fragrance to the Lord. Luckily, she came out smelling rather sweet so it worked out.

Today she is 9 weeks and 2 days. She is such a smiley baby who loves to talk up a storm! She would much rather chat to us than play with any toy, I guess she's a people person! Justin and I still can't believe she's ours and is here to stay. I know babies are born ALL THE TIME and have been for MILLIONS OF YEARS, but when it happens to you it's like it's never happened before.

1. Melt together 1 stick butter and 2 squares unsweetened chocolate and take the saucepan off the heat.2. Stir in 1 cup sugar, add 2 eggs and 1/2 teaspoon vanilla, and beat the mixture well.

3. Stir in 1/4 cup all-purpose flour and 1/4 teaspoon salt. (In the original recipe, 1 cup chopped walnuts is added here as well.)4. Bake the brownies in a buttered and floured 8-inch-square pan at 325°F for about 40 minutes.

This was the only bit of mess I made!

If you want to smarten up your act you can put a square of brownie on a plate with a little blob of créme fraîche and a scattering of shaved chocolate.

It's been a while since I've entered anything on here but I do have good excuses, I promise!

I had been saving for a DSLR since my birthday in June. J-man & I were asked to run video & camera at a local church's production of Godspell which boosted those savings quite nicely! I picked it up back in August and have been figuring it out ever since.

Then there's the reason why it's taken so long to figure it out...my brain is mush! It's mush because all its energy is going to building a person!

WE'RE PREGNANT!

I'm almost through the first trimester which is a BLESSING let me tell you! I just about wanted to give up on everything and sleep for England. I just feel so ill all the time. Hopefully in a couple of weeks I'll get that super energy boost that all the prego ladies talk about. I dream about those days!

It's all very exciting!

P.S. The reason I titled this 'Raining' is because it really is raining down here! And has been for the past week. The next week will be rain every day too. Am I back in England for real?

09 August, 2009

This book has changed my life. The underlying theme and goal of Eldridge is for us to 'think' with our hearts. The heart is the central engine of our lives as human beings. It's the part of all humans the enemy attacks first and then continues to on a consistent basis. Eldridge backs up his theories with quotes from the bible and paragraphs from sources such as: G.K. Chesterton, A.W. Tozer, William Gurnall, George Herbert, George MacDonald and many more. It makes for a more appealing read.

As well as a book it is also a guide/step-by-step on how to guard your heart, heal hurts that keep you back and how to let more of God in. God wants us to have so much fullness! He has so much to fill our hearts with. Yet we are unable to receive because our hearts are covered with 'scars' such as people-hurts, disappointment, lies we believe about ourselves etc.There is also a rather all encompassing prayer you can pray everyday (quite long though!). I shall probably keep this one on hand to reference back to.